Cigar-holder



E. PROMIS. CIGAR HOLDER.

(No Model.)

No. 440,367. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE PROMIS', OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,367, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed July 2,1890. Serial No. 357,482. (No model) 7 To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE PROMIS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof.

My invention relates to the class of cigarholders employed incombination with a hat, and has for its object the provision of such acigar-holder with supporting devices adapted to receive and support theholder and permit its vertical adjustment in order that one such holdermay be adapted to hats of various sizes as to the height of crown.Heretofore such devices have been constructed of a strip of flexibleresilient metal of length in excess of the width of the crown of the hatto which it was applied, said strip being bent or shaped to formcigar-holding loops or bights., the extremities of said holder beingconnected to supporting devices therefor by a hinge or re versible jointin order to permit of the holder proper being sprung within the hattoward the crown to give the required clearance for the wearers head,and also, mainly, to permit of the holder being sprung without the hator away from the crown thereof for the placing or removal of cigars. Aswill be understood in such a construction, the holder can assume but itstwo prescribed arches-via, toward and away from the crown of the hat andadmits of no adjustment whatever to adapt it to hats of various sizes asto height of crown, so as not only to always clear the wearers head,butalso at all times be brought in contact with the crown of the hat toprevent the unpleasant vibration of the holder and the consequentloosening of the cigars to the annoyance of the wearer. To cure thesedefects is the end sought by my invention, which consists of thecombination, construction, and operation of parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in sectional elevation of: a hat towhich a holder embodying my invention is applied, the holder beingrepresented in full and dotted lines in adjusted positions. Fig. 2 is adetail View of one of the clamping or supporting devices,

one extremity of the holder being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is apartial View of a modified form of holder constructed of a single pieceof flexible material and bent or shaped to the sinuous form shown toform cigar-holding loops or bights.

Referring to the drawings, A, Fig. 1, is a strip of metal or othersuitable material having flexibility or resilience,carrying independentcigar-holding bights a. These bights a, are preferably-of resilientmaterial, and so formed or shaped as to be wider at their bights than attheir mouths, and they should at their bight be of breadth aboutcorrespondent to the thickness of a cigar, and are riveted or otherwisesuitably mounted on or attached to the strip A, as shown at w in thefigure. The material of which the holder A is composed should be of suchlength as to permit it to be curved, or so bent or shaped as to itslongitudinal axis to adapt it to the interior of a hat-that is to say,the holder should be of length in excess of the width of the crown ofthe hat to which it is applied.

' B B are supporting devices for the holder A. These supporting devicesare preferably clamping devices of the character shown in the drawings,and are oppositely attached to the sweat-band C of the hat D, receivethe extremities of the holder, and permit its vertical adjustment; butother forms of suitable supporting devices may be employed. I preferablyconstruct the clamps B B with elongated necks 12, having turned edges bb to form a groove or channel b von its back. These channels are ofwidth to receive the extremities A A of the holder A. The supportingdevices B B are located within the hat, one on each side, as stated, andthe holder A is of sufliciently greater length than the width of thecrown of the hat to cause it when inserted within the hat to havesufficient arch or spread to impart to it the required clearance for thewearers head. The extremities A A of the holder A slide within thechannel I) of the supporting devices B, and, as will be obvious,permitthe ready vertical adjustment of the holder, the -tendency of the holderwhen made of resilient material at all times to spread at itsextremities causing it to frictionally bight its support sufficient toretain its given adjusted position.

By reason of its capable vertical adjustment one such holder can befitted to hats of various sizes as to height of crown, and in allinstances be brought in contact with the crown of the hat, which retainsit against vibration and the consequent loosening of the cigar, to theannoyance of the wearer.

Having now fully described my invention, I wish it to be understood thatI do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofdevices as shown in the drawings, but may vary the same in any manner tobetter carry out the principle of my invention without departing fromthe true scope thereof.

I claim- 1. A cigaoholder of the character herein described for usewithin a hat, consisting of I taching or supporting the holder within ahat and permitting its vertical adjustment to adapt it to hats ofvarying height of crown, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A cigar-holder of the character herein described for use within ahat, consisting of a strip of flexible metal or other suitable material.of length in excess of the width of the crown of the hat to which it isapplied, a series of independent flexible cigar-holding bights mountedon the under side of said strip when the latter is in place within ahat, the extremities of said strip provided with means for attaching orsupporting the holder within a hat and permitting its vertical adjustment to adapt it to hats of varying height of crown, as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 30th day ofJune, A. D. 1890.

EUGENE PROMIS.

In presence of W, ALEX. ROBINSON, JOHN J OLLEY, Jr.

